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Patented Jan. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES SHIRT Sidney Heymann, Brooklyn, N.Y., assigner to Estelle Heymann, Brooklyn, N. Y.I

' Application July 17, 1935, Serial No. 31,786

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garments, more particularlymens shirts, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide ashirt which will have the appearance of shirts of this character ashitherto constructed, but manufactured with a considerable saving inmaterial.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment of thischaracter which is so constructed that it will not become misplaced orrise above the waist-band of the trousers of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mans shirt wherein theusual tail portions of the shirt are entirely omitted, thereby effectinga saving in material and making for the comfort of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shirt of the typedescribed which can be laundered in the usual manner.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outinl the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles,constituting the invention; andthe scope of protection contemplated willbe indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred formof embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a shirt constructed in accordancewith a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view partly broken away showing the inside ofa shirt constructed in accordance with this embodiment of my invention,

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of a shirtv positioned on the torsoof a human gure, the flaps of the shirt at the lower end being struckback better to show the construction, and,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the manner in which thecasing which forms a housing for the elastic strip may be attened outwhereby the shirt may be ironed in the usual manner.

Referring now to the drawings wherein similar reference characters referto similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings,

The reference numeral I denotes the body of the shirt, the present shirtbeing of the type that opens in front, having the usual pleats 2 orflaps 3 which are secured together by means of the usual buttons andbutton holes 4 and 5 respectively. In the present instance there is abutton and button hole indicated at 6 and 'l located below the waistportion of the shirt.

The reference numeral 8 denotes a casing formed of a strip of materialwhich is stitched to the inner surface ofthe shirt, said casingextending around the back and side portions of the shirt to terminate ateach end at positions spaced from the pleats 2 or flaps 3, as indicatedat 9 and Il] respectively. The casing 8 forms a housing for an elasticstrip II, which strip ex- 10 tends entirely through the casing andprojects from said casing at either end thereof `as clearly shown inFigure 2 of the drawings.

The elastic strip II in the present instance is Stitched to the casing 8and to the shirt by a line 15 of transverse stitching 81 intermediateits ends and that is the only part of the 'strip 8 that 1s attached tosaid casing. The casing 8, it will be noted, is located intermediate thelowermost button above the waist and the lowermos-t button below thewaist.

The tie strings I2 and I3, when tied, it will be noted are locatedinside th-e shirt at its front portion, so that when the button 6 isinserted within the button hole 1, the tie strings will be entirelyconcealed within the short skirt portion I4 of the shirt which extendsdownwardly below the waist portion of the shirt. The buttoning of theshirt below the elastic fastening means serves to hold that part of theshirt below the waist-band about the thighs of the wearer.

By reference to Figure 4, it will be observed that during the launderingof the shirt the casing 8 may be straightened out so that the casing andthe surrounding parts of the shirt may be laundered in the usual manner.When the tie strings I2 and I3 are grasped and pulled to stretch theelastic strip II, the release of the ends of the strings will cause saidelastic strip to cause the casing and that part of the shirt adjacentthereto to take its gathered or puckered form as shown in Figure 2 ofthe drawings.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a construction whichnot only effects a great economy in the use of material in shirtmanufacture, but which makes for the comfort of the wearer. There is nobulky material about the thighs and legs of the wearer, such asinconveniences him, and the shirt is at all times held in properposition upon the wearer.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be inter- 55 preted as illustrative only and not in a limitingsense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment of the class described having means for holding it fromrising on the wearer, comprising an elastic strap carried by the shirtat the waist portion and located on the inner surfaceof the, shirt,tiestringszfastenedtto the ends of the elastic band'for stretchingv theylatter about the Waist of the wearer, means for fastenf ing together theaps of the shirt, one of said' means being located below the elasticband' whereby the tie strings are concealed, and meansY securing saidelastic band atitsintermediate portion to the shirt, the remainder oftheband being free.

2. A garment of the class described having means for holding it fromrising on the waist of the wearer, comprising: an. elongated' casingstitched tothe innerzsurface of the shirtfat the W-aist portionthereof,an v,elastic band extending through said. casing andhaving'means forfastening togetherftheendsaof thesaid elastic bandr at the front of thewearer, and means for fastening together the flaps of the shirt aboveand below said fastening means.

3. A garment of the class described having means for preventing it fromrising on the waist 5 of the wearer, comprising an open ended casingstitched to the inner surf-ace of the shirt at its waist portion, anelastic band positioned within said casing and stitched thereto at anintermed-iatel portion only,tand:a tie stringA fastened to 1g each endof said elastic band.:

4. A garment of the cl-ass described comprising a shirt adapted to beopened in front having the usual flaps which are adapted to be connectedtogether, saidshirtrhaving a casing stitched to 15 its inner surfaceadjacent the waist portion of the shirt, s-aid shirt having a dependingskirt portion below the casing, an elastic band positioned within saidcasing and having its middle part stitched to the casing, the endsv ofthe band being free for relative movement within'the casing, and a tiestring attachedto each end of .the elastic band.

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